Recording Resource Usage
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1. A method of operating a security module, comprising the steps of:
- recording usage data representing a usage of resources of the security module;
storing the usage data in a non-volatile memory of the security module;
transferring the stored usage data to an accounting center; and
determining an application stored on the security module that is causing the resource usage represented by the usage data and by the usage data being stored, in the storing step, in their assignment to the determined application.
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A security module with a processor, on which applications from various providers are installed, includes a recording device for recording the access of the applications to resources of the security module, recording the total resource usage caused by an application and allocates the relevant applications to a charging station for subsequent charging. The recorded usage data are allocated to usage data sets and/or data sets on the security module directly connected to the relevant application and/or the provider thereof and thus permits billing of total resource use of each application or all the applications of a provider.
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1. A method of operating a security module, comprising the steps of:
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recording usage data representing a usage of resources of the security module; storing the usage data in a non-volatile memory of the security module; transferring the stored usage data to an accounting center; and determining an application stored on the security module that is causing the resource usage represented by the usage data and by the usage data being stored, in the storing step, in their assignment to the determined application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. A security module, comprising a non-volatile memory, resources, a recording device arranged to record usage data representing a usage of the resources caused by an application present on the security module and to store them in the non-volatile memory;
- a communication device arranged to transfer the stored usage data to an accounting center, wherein the recording device is adapted to determine the application that is causing the resource usage represented by the usage data, and to store the usage data in the non-volatile memory in their assignment to the determined application.
- View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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